Building first gaming pc

[Wrench_016]

I am building my first gaming PC and have decided on everything to get, my parts list is here; https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Daniel_016/saved/LQ3wzy

I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me identify the drivers, rgb software and any other applications needed for this build.

Sincerely Daniel.

 

[Jumballi]

your parts list is private

 

[Wrench_016]

Oh ok, it’s:

 

[Jumballi]

so first thing I'm gonna say is ditch the case, expensive and bad airflow, the front is all glass with no gaps
 

 

[Letgomyleghoe]

I would drop the aio, get a dark dock 4, and get a better cpu.

 

i would also get a 2080 super of some other besides the seahawk, it offers minimal performance increase over a normal air cooler.

[Wrench_016]

What case would you suggest instead because I’d like something dual chambered preferably but not too big or requiring tons of fans

5 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

so first thing I'm gonna say is ditch the case, expensive and bad airflow, the front is all glass with no gaps
 

 

 

[Wrench_016]

6 minutes ago, scuff gang said:

I would drop the aio, get a dark dock 4, and get a better cpu.

 

i would also get a 2080 super of some other besides the seahawk, it offers minimal performance increase over a normal air cooler.

Any suggestions on a better cpu because my budget is already fairly stretched and I found the sea hawk at only £580 from an eBay seller so?

[Jumballi]

Just now, Wrench_016 said:

What case would you suggest instead because I’d like something dual chambered preferably but not too big or requiring tons of fans

 

I went with the lian li o11 dynamic when I used a similar case

there's several models but because of supply chain constraints, it's not in stock anywhere I can see

[boggy77]

motherboard is trash. get a msi b450 or an asus x570.

spending more than $50 on a cooler for the 3600 doesn't make sense

[SpookyCitrus]

5 minutes ago, Wrench_016 said:

What case would you suggest instead because I’d like something dual chambered preferably but not too big or requiring tons of fans

Why do you need dual chambered? Are you planned on putting a second PC in it? What is your budget?

[SpookyCitrus]

Personally I'd do something like this.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	£269.97 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard	£159.99 @ Box Limited
Memory	Thermaltake TOUGHPOWER Z-ONE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£83.47 @ Ebuyer
Storage	Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£108.00 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£51.99 @ Box Limited
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	£673.48 @ Ebuyer
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	£83.98 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£94.99 @ AWD-IT
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1525.87
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-24 22:39 GMT+0000

 

[Letgomyleghoe]

8 minutes ago, Wrench_016 said:

Any suggestions on a better cpu because my budget is already fairly stretched and I found the sea hawk at only £580 from an eBay seller so?

Don’t trust eBay lmaooo

 

youll probably get a fake card and then have to go through the shitty buyer protection.

[Wrench_016]

11 hours ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Why do you need dual chambered? Are you planned on putting a second PC in it? What is your budget?

Just neatness and room to expand upon if need be

 

11 hours ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Personally I'd do something like this.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	£269.97 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard	£159.99 @ Box Limited
Memory	Thermaltake TOUGHPOWER Z-ONE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£83.47 @ Ebuyer
Storage	Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£108.00 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£51.99 @ Box Limited
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	£673.48 @ Ebuyer
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	£83.98 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£94.99 @ AWD-IT
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1525.87
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-24 22:39 GMT+0000

 

This is quite good thx

 

10 hours ago, Wrench_016 said:

This is quite good thx

Also I do not have Ethernet and require a WiFi motherboard so do you have any suggestions for that whilst not being super expensive which is why I put down the msi carbon

 

10 hours ago, Wrench_016 said:

Just neatness and room to expand upon if need be

1500 maybe a bit over

[SpookyCitrus]

1 hour ago, Wrench_016 said:

Also I do not have Ethernet and require a WiFi motherboard so do you have any suggestions for that whilst not being super expensive which is why I put down the msi carbon

Switching to the MSI MPG Gaming Edge Wifi is only 10 bucks more.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	£269.97 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	£169.33 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Thermaltake TOUGHPOWER Z-ONE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£83.47 @ Ebuyer
Storage	Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£108.00 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£51.99 @ Box Limited
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	£673.48 @ Ebuyer
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	£83.98 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£94.99 @ AWD-IT
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1535.21
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-25 00:03 GMT+0000

 

[Wrench_016]

Ok, also the meshify C good or?

[Guest]

10 hours ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Switching to the MSI MPG Gaming Edge Wifi is only 10 bucks more.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	£269.97 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	£169.33 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Thermaltake TOUGHPOWER Z-ONE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£83.47 @ Ebuyer
Storage	Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£108.00 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£51.99 @ Box Limited
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	£673.48 @ Ebuyer
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	£83.98 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£94.99 @ AWD-IT
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1535.21
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-25 00:03 GMT+0000

 

The MSI X570 boards are rubbish unless you go with the Unify or above. A B450 Gaming Pro Carbon is a better choice.

[Wrench_016]

7 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

The MSI X570 boards are rubbish unless you go with the Unify or above. A B450 Gaming Pro Carbon is a better choice.

Why does everyone say they are so bad?

[Guest]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£269.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£124.97 @ Box Limited) 
Memory: Thermaltake TOUGHPOWER Z-ONE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  (£83.47 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£118.45 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£51.99 @ Box Limited) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card  (£693.95 @ Technextday) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (£90.35 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£85.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £1518.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-25 10:31 GMT+0000

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Wrench_016 said:

Why does everyone say they are so bad?

Really bad VRM's on the lower end X570 boards. The MSI B450 boards are a better buy.

[Wrench_016]

5 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

Really bad VRM's on the lower end X570 boards. The MSI B450 boards are a better buy.

Isn’t b450 a lower chipset and therefore a downgrade?

[Herman Mcpootis]

8 minutes ago, Wrench_016 said:

Isn’t b450 a lower chipset and therefore a downgrade?

you're losing out on a few features that you won't really be using, that's all. the VRM on those lower-end MSI boards are a far bigger downgrade than the chipset.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Wrench_016 said:

Isn’t b450 a lower chipset and therefore a downgrade?

Not really a downgrade as you still have really poor X570 boards, and the entry level ones don't have a lot of features anyway. A B450 board is the better value.

[Wrench_016]

So what drivers, rgb software and other applications would I need for the components then?

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor 

Memory: Thermaltake TOUGHPOWER Z-ONE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid

 

and the motherboard has the uefi so there’s nothing needed for that right?

[SpookyCitrus]

3 hours ago, Wrench_016 said:

So what drivers, rgb software and other applications would I need for the components then?

Drivers differ from motherboard to motherboard, and part to part, none of use would be able to tell you exactly what you need off the top of our heads. But, all the drivers and software you need will be downloadable from the components manufacturer support page. If you go to the support page for your motherboard on the manufacturer website it will have all the up to date drivers, firmware, and any utility software you need. It will be the same for any other components that need them, except the GPU you'll want to get the GPU drivers using Geforce Experience. 

[Wrench_016]

53 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Drivers differ from motherboard to motherboard, and part to part, none of use would be able to tell you exactly what you need off the top of our heads. But, all the drivers and software you need will be downloadable from the components manufacturer support page. If you go to the support page for your motherboard on the manufacturer website it will have all the up to date drivers, firmware, and any utility software you need. It will be the same for any other components that need them, except the GPU you'll want to get the GPU drivers using Geforce Experience. 

Thx it, Was manly the gpu I didn’t know what to get.